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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
3
A garbled poem fragment echoes philosophical musings and musical imagery. It references a voice lifting the spirit, crimson rose colors, nerve ripples, touches of love, and a dreamlike scene with towers and snow. The text ends with a mention of T. Dumas in New Bohemian.
Brown the city editor presses Grayson for a hot shoe story about a missing woman Kate Taylor once connected to the Moon. Grayson reveals a grim note from Kate detailing poverty and hunger before she dies by starvation in a lodging house. The piece ends with questions about who owned her photograph and the morgue tip.
Galvanized wire offers a cheap, long lasting fix for worn fence boards. Secure the wire to the top post, wind around the post and board ends, then fasten at the bottom. This method prevents slippage and extends fence life. it also suits pole fences to securing stakes, per the New York Tribune.
A 19th century guide advises mixing pure oatmeal with sweet skim milk as the primary feed for suckling pigs up to four weeks, gradually substituting wheat shorts or middlings if needed, and adjusting with ground oats, hulls, corn meal, and bran as pigs age. It emphasizes gradual introduction, avoiding indigestion, and using water or milk mixtures to maintain palatability.
Practical notes from Rural World on pig management including feeding, growth targets, and market readiness at six months. Emphasizes avoiding overfeeding, salt and ashes for feed hygiene, and ensuring water availability to prevent disease. Also covers tethering improvements to reduce injury and improve grazing.
A Massachusetts Plowman article analyzes renovating pastures via harrowing in clover seed. Experiments show 10 quarts per acre on bluegrass raises yield ~65 percent, 20 tons per acre of manure boosts ~74 percent, and combined seed plus harrow yields ~22.6 percent more. Early seeding and light stock trampling aid coverage. use disk harrow in clear spots.
From across the country comes a strong call for betterment in all farm life. Emphasizing self sufficiency at home, prudent farming, and living in the home, the piece sees improved farm conditions as the basis for wider prosperity and community progress. Let improvement be the watchword. Southern Cultivator.
An article explains the weight driven barn door system that slides vertically rather than swinging or sliding, noting its space efficiency for partition floors. It details balancing weights with a Galvanized cap and suggests a simple, practical setup. Also discusses sunflowers for feed and oil, recommending modest planting and fattening guidance for poultry.
The steamer Rustler, 140 tons burden, leaves Jennings Montana for a 125 mile trip to the Fort Steele mining district on her first run. The North Star mine contracts 7 000 tons of ore this season to the Great Falls smelter. Four Great Northern cars were loaded yesterday and seven today. The East Kootenai mining region shows rich placer and quartz prospects with strong development expected. The river and harbor bill paused by Congress provides 5 000 for river improvement to remove obstructions and better the channel.
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